Control: tags -1 pending Hi Alexander,
Thank you for filing this bug report. On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 23:09, Alexander Traud wrote: > > Package: unixodbc-dev > Version: 2.3.6-0.1build2 > > In salsa [1], I see that the dependency on libltdl-dev was added to the -dev > package in the year 2004 already. On the first glance, I found no > use/reference to libltdl-dev (except at build time). Therefore, I am curios > why this dependency exists on the -dev package (and is even a required > dependency). > > I found a reference of ltdl.h in odbcinstext.h. However, that part is guarded > with a compile-time-only define UNIXODBC_SOURCE. Is/was that the reason? If > yes, I created a Pull Request upstream to discuss or fix this: > <https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Flurcher%2FunixODBC%2Fpull%2F82&data=04%7C01%7C%7C96a506ecd51f4788f6c708d998796820%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637708469486638559%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0QVx66YZ%2BNj5XGt7JIgh3k02pAJ0RTwVPITcOKO%2FOSc%3D&reserved=0> I've had a look into the use of ltdl.h and UNIXODBC_SOURCE, and I've come to the same conclusion you have: Debian builds don't use or #define UNIXODBC_SOURCE at all. I saw upstream had confirmed your thinking around UNIXODBC_SOURCE being a compile-time define and merged your patch. I can't see or find any reason for unixodbc-dev to depend on libltdl-dev, so I'll remove that dependency when I release the next version. I'll be starting a transition to unixodbc 2.3.9 soon, so this change will need to wait until after that.
